Episode 831: The State of the Empire in Star Wars: Ahsoka

The novel Star Wars: Ahsoka takes place a year after the fall of the Republic and the ascension of the Galactic Empire. But what’s changed in the year since Palpatine changed his title from Chancellor to Emperor – and what’s stayed the same? In today’s episode, I’m sussing out some of the answers to that question, based on what we learn in the new novel by E.K. Johnston. Mild spoilers ensue, but nothing that particularly spoils the plot or the outcome of the story…